Lead Advanced Practice Provider - Critical Care Medicine
About the role
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals. The Lead Advanced Practice Provider (APP) role blends advanced clinical practice with operational and team leadership, supporting exceptional patient care while mentoring and developing nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical care to pediatric patients within your specialty area
- Serve as a clinical resource, mentor, and role model for nurse practitioners and physician assistants
- Support daily operations, workflow optimization, and patient throughput
- Partner with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to enhance care coordination and patient outcomes
- Contribute to quality improvement, safety initiatives, and best-practice standardization
- Aid in onboarding, education, and professional development of APP team members
Requirements
Primary responsibility remains in direct patient care. Minimum of 0.8 FTE required.
Experience: 3 years’ experience as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
Preferred Qualifications: Previous supervisory or health care leadership experience, Doctorate degree in Nursing Practice or Medical Science Education, Master’s degree in nursing, Certification Summary: Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) licensure in the state of Georgia or licensure as a Physician Assistant in the state of Georgia, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association upon hire, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 60 days of hire for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants working in Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, Anesthesia, Hematology/Oncology, and Critical Care (Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants working in Neonatology may provide Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification in lieu of PALS)
Qualifications
- Proficient knowledge of Georgia Scope of Practice for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants, Joint Commission regulatory requirements and credentialing process of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
- Excellent communication (written, spoken & presentation), organizational, and interpersonal skills
- Team partnership orientation, conflict resolution, problem solving, listening, staff development, time management, physician relations, and fiscal management
- Demonstrates personal and professional integrity; collaborative and respectful behavior; flexibility and willingness to change
- Ability to coach and develop leadership skills in others
- Exhibits confidentiality, honesty, and actions that build trust and strengthen relationships
Skills and Abilities
- Team partnership orientation, conflict resolution, problem solving, listening, staff development, time management, physician relations, and fiscal management
- Collaborative and respectful behavior; flexibility and willingness to change
- Personal and professional integrity; confidentiality, honesty, and actions that build trust and strengthen relationships
Benefits
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Pay
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Schedule
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